Majha region

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The Majha region is a historic area of Punjab in India and Pakistan, centered around Amritsar and Lahore, known as a cultural and agricultural heartland of the Punjabi people.

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Majha region canonical 9

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural region
geographical region
historical region
agriculturalProduct cotton
rice
wheat
borderedBy Doaba
surface form: Doaba region

Malwa
surface form: Malwa region
centeredAround Amritsar
Lahore
climate semi-arid to subtropical
containsCity Amritsar
Batala
Gurdaspur
Kasur
Lahore
Tarn Taran
country India
Pakistan
culturalHeartlandOf Punjabi people
dialect Majhi Punjabi
dividedBy India–Pakistan border
ethnicGroup Punjabi people
hasCuisine Punjabi cuisine
hasCulturalPractice Bhangra
Giddha
historicalEvent Partition of India
historicalSignificance heartland of Sikh history
knownFor Punjabi culture
agriculture
fertile land
language Punjabi language
surface form: Punjabi
locatedIn India
Punjab
surface form: Indian Punjab

Pakistan
Punjab, Pakistan
surface form: Pakistani Punjab

Punjab
majorCity Amritsar
Lahore
partOf Punjab
surface form: Punjab region
religion Hinduism
Islam
Sikhism
river Beas River
Ravi River
soilType alluvial soil
traditionalSubdivisionOf Punjab

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Majhi dialect usedIn Majha region
Amritsar isLargestCityIn Majha region
Majha knownAs Majha region
Tarn Taran district locatedIn Majha region
Arora Punjabis subregionPresence Majha region
Amritsar district partOf Majha region
Batala locatedIn Majha region
Tarn Taran locatedIn Majha region
Jalandhar Doab borderedBy Majha region